Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
Steam in Yugoslavia
Virtual Meeting Virtual Meeting, United KingdomAn event in two parts, brought to us by two of our German members... In the first half, Helmut Dahlhaus presents "Steam in You-no-goslavia 1964 - 1977", a period when the country developed a reputation of being difficult for railway photography (hence its nickname). But he made several tours to the country, some by car,…
My 49 Year Railway Career
BTL North Filton St Teresa’s Church Hall, 71 Gloucester Road, North Filton, United KingdomA first visit to the branch by career railwayman Dennis Flood.
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day
The Route of ‘The Canadian’ and its Branches, by John Day
WFD Watford Beechen Grove Baptist Church, Clarendon Road, Watford, United KingdomPlease note: There is no meeting scheduled for August as the branch takes a summer break! JOHN DAY, from the Ipswich Branch, pays another visit, the last one being over ten years ago, to present ‘The Route of The Canadian and its Branches’ – taking a look at the route from Toronto to just…
The Midland Main Line Electrification Upgrade’
MKY Milton Keynes Network Rail - The Quadrant: MK, Elder Gate, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United KingdomGavin Crook (Network Rail Principal Programme Sponsor) and Duncan Cale (Infrastructure Interface Lead East Midlands Railway) will outline the development of the route over recent years, including the introduction of 4-tracking, electrification, platform extensions, new maintenance facilities and traincrew depots
Lost Railways of Suffolk by Nathan Dodd
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Railways in Italy in the 1990s
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomJeremy Harrison made a number of visits to Italy in the 1990s, travelling on and photographing the railways, and today comes to show us some of the fruits of this, with images of steam, electric and diesel traction. Note: From this meeting (start of season) we will be meeting in the Primary Room, rather than…
“Railways to the Coast” by Tony Kirby
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomThe earliest railways to the coast were built for freight rather than passenger traffic but companies soon realised there was a potentially lucrative passenger market. This talk examines both aspects from the 1840s to the present day. Freight by rail has vanished from some once important ports eg Wisbech whilst others eg Felixstowe originate heavy…
The Last Four Years of Steam
HTC Hitchin Tilehouse Street Baptist Church, Upper Tilehouse Street, Hitchin, United KingdomA Hitchin & Welwyn Garden City Branch presentation by George Howe. An introduction by George: 1964 saw me making a change from black and white prints, to colour slides. This just happened to be four years before the end of steam on British Railways, hence the title, The last 4 years of Steam. I travelled…
The Vale of Rheidol & Welshpool & Llanfair Railways
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomDave Waldron returns to the branch to provide us with an evening of his memories of two of the iconic narrow gauge lines in Wales, the Vale of Rheidol and the W & LLR. Image shows VoR No 8 Llewelyn climbing to Devils Bridge.
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomArchive and Library Open Day